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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Sep 27, 2019 1:21PM

I got a bad link too, but go to https://508.hhs.gov/, click "making files
accessible", the PDF.

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Ryan E. Benson


On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 3:18 PM Rick Davies < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Bevi,
>
> That's a great post from you below, as always.
>
> Wrt:
> "HHS has a good checklist at
>
> https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/making-files-accessible/checklist/pdf/index.html
> "
>
> Is that a bad link, or am I suffering from Fridayitis? If the former,
> might you have a better one?
>
> Thank you for your v. helpful post,
>
> Rick
>
> On 9/27/2019 2:11 PM, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> > For starters, PDF accessibility is defined by the ISO 14289-1 (PDF/UA-1)
> > standards so a review of them would be essential.
> >
> > As yet, there isn't an official how-to guide from the PDF/UA committee
> (or
> > any other authoritative entity) on the steps to make a PDF accessible or
> how
> > to check a PDF for compliance or what to check.
> >
> > However, the PDF Association released a syntax guide that can be helpful.
> > It's designed for programmers who write software that creates PDFs, not
> for
> > content creators and remediators, but if you glean through the
> programming
> > blah blah you'll find quite a bit of useful information on how a
> complaint
> > PDF should be tagged.
> >
> > Download a copy from the PDF Association's website,
> > https://www.pdfa.org/resource/tagged-pdf-best-practice-guide-syntax/
> >
> > We have a 12-point checklist for content creators and remediators to
> check
> > the major accessibility points of PDFs at
> > https://www.pubcom.com/books/bevi_cheatsheet/cheatsheet-accessdocs.shtml
> > There are many more nuances involved, but these are the big ones.
> >
> > HHS has a good checklist at
> >
> https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/making-files-accessible/checklist/pdf/in
> > dex.html
> >
> > --Bevi Chagnon
> > (US delegate to the PDF/UA ISO standards committee and member of the PDF
> > Association)
> >
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